Sally Field
- Born: 6 Nov, 1946
A petite, youthful, wholesome brunette actress, Sally Field is the daughter of contract player Margaret Field (a.k.a. Maggie Mahoney) and stepdaughter of stuntman-turned-actor Jock Mahoney. The native Californian got started in television, taking up where Sandra Dee and Deborah Walley left off when she assumed the role of "Gidget" in ABC's frothy sitcom adaptation that lasted a single season (1965-66). She quickly found employment on another short-lived comedy series "Hey, Landlord" (NBC, 1966-67) before finding more success in the title role of the silly but genial "The Flying Nun" (ABC, 1967-69). Here Field was cast as Sister Bertrille, a novice with the religious order playfully known as "God's Geese". Whenever a strong wind would come along, her ...
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FAMILY & COMPANIONS
- mother Margaret Field: Paramount contract actor; from the South
- father Richard Dryden Field: divorced from Field's mother c. 1950; died on April 30, 1993 of complications from a stroke
- step-father Jock Mahoney: stuntman turned actor; played Tarzan; starred in TV series, "Yancy Darringer"
- aunt Betty Fleet Field: died on January 19 1995 at age 83
- brother Richard Dryden Field: born on April 14, 1944
- son Samuel H Greisman: born on December 2, 1987
- half-sister Princess Mahoney: born on August 20, 1952
- granddaughter Isabel McCoy Craig: born on February 13, 1998; father, Peter Craig; mother, Amy Scattergood
- half-sister Shirley Field: younger
- half-sister Elizabeth Jane Field: younger
- son Peter Craig: born on November 10, 1969; published "The Martini Shot" in 1998
- son Elijah Craig: born on May 25, 1972; made film debut in "The Rage: Carrie 2"
- husband Steve Craig: married on September 16, 1968; divorced in 1975
- Burt Reynolds: together for five years (1977-82); acted together in the films "Smokey and the Bandit" (1977), "The End" (1978), "Hooper" (1978) and "Smokey and the Bandit II (1980)
- husband Alan Greisman: married on December 1984; named Motion Picture President of Savoy Pictures Entertainment in July 1992; separated in January 1994; Field filed for divorce on June 24, 1994
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